Ras, I've got a Navman ICN510. mounted on a Brodit clip &amp; mount, &amp; hard wired to an ignition live under the dash. I posted some pics up a while ago. I've found them here they are:

The great thing about the Brodit Clip &amp; mount system is that the clip is specific to the car, and the mount is specific to the satnav you choose, so you can buy a clip for your A4&amp; a mount for a TomTom, Navman or whatever.

The mount is usually designed to fix the pin end of the charger cable into place, so that as soon as you slot the satnav down onto the mount, it pushes down onto the charger pin. If you look at the second pic, you can see the pin sticking up on the right hand end of the mount, &amp; the cable disappearing under the dash just below. It's a simple, but brilliant system &amp; surprisingly elegant for an aftermarket solution.

I have recently researched it and I ended up buying the Tomtom Go 300... seems to be the one people prefer over the current navman icn520. I had the 520 for about a week and sent it back in favour of the Tomtom... deffo the way to go - Unless you use a windows based smartphone or pda - then makes sense to just get tomtom for that.

I'd endorse the Brodit recommendation. I previously had a vent mount but it broke the slats in the vent, then a screen mount but found it shoke about a bit.
Now I've a Brodit mount that clips over the vent, not into it, and a custom holder for my Dell X3 and it holds it rock steady.

I've been very happy with my Navman. The latest 520 version is in matt-black rather than silver, so is more discreet, but if you shop around carefully, you can still find 510s for sale at very discounted prices.

There's no doubt that the most popular brand is TomTom. From what I can tell, the TomTom 300 &amp; The Navman are pretty similar in functionality, but further up the Tomtom range &amp; you get other stuff, like phone interface etc. I guess the answer is, try them out and decide which one you like best.

thanks jeff for all the info.
when you leave the car parked does the Bracket stay in place? its just the police do advise to remove even the bracket... as common place for the sat/nav unit when car is parked . is the glove box or under the seat. if thieves see a bracket thats where they will look.

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